On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Queenie de Melo <queenie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Shafi for your reply. > So nl80211 n cfg80211 is built in the kernel? or is it in the ath9k driver. > iam using kernel 2.6.32.... Do i need to apply wireless extension patch? or > will it already have nl80211/cf802.11? > Pl help! > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Queenie de Melo <queenie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I would lik to know if the ath9k drivers come with inbuilt nl80211 and >> > cfg80211
Might be a good idea for you to read this... http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation Cheers, Jonathan >> > >> > Or is do i have to separaely download and use nl80211 and cfg80211? >> No you don't have to when you do >> sudo modprobe ath9k it will take care of it.(you have to download >> compatwireless or wireless-testing tree) >> ath9k is a mac80211 based driver >> Simply ,all your user space commands will come to cfg80211(either by >> wext or nl80211) and then to mac80211 finally to driver. >> when you use 'iw' commands you will be using nl80211 and when you use >> iwconfig commands you will be using wext . >> > >> > Pl advise >> > _______________________________________________ >> > ath9k-devel mailing list >> > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >> > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel > > _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
